On 04/23/12 11:05, Michael Mol wrote: > On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 11:33 AM, Michael Sullivan <[email protected]> > wrote: >> On 04/23/12 09:27, Michael Mol wrote: >>> On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 9:57 AM, Michael Sullivan <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>> On 04/23/12 02:27, Florian Philipp wrote: >>>>> Am 23.04.2012 02:26, schrieb Michael Sullivan: >>>>>> First off, this has probably been discussed before, but I can't find it >>>>>> on google. I've spent the last several hours searching for the answer >>>>>> to this and I can't find it. >>>>>> >>>>> [...] >>>>>> So far I am >>>>>> very happy with 3.2.1-r2 on my PC except for one thing: xv doesn't seem >>>>>> to work anymore. On my old kernel, and indeed every kernel I've run on >>>>>> this computer since 2005 xv has worked. I haven't changed any hardware >>>>>> in this computer recently or ever. When I run mplayer I see this in the >>>>>> output: >>>>>> >>>>>> [VO_XV] It seems there is no Xvideo support for your video card >>>>>> available. >>>>>> [VO_XV] Run 'xvinfo' to verify its Xv support and read >>>>>> [VO_XV] DOCS/HTML/en/video.html#xv! >>>>>> [VO_XV] See 'mplayer -vo help' for other (non-xv) video out drivers. >>>>>> [VO_XV] Try -vo x11. >>>>>> Error opening/initializing the selected video_out (-vo) device. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> I kept reading about xvinfo included in XFree86 distribution. I use >>>>>> xorg-x11. I found out that xvinfo can be emerged. I did so and it said >>>>>> this: >>>>>> >>>>>> X-Video Extension version 2.2 >>>>>> screen #0 >>>>>> no adaptors present >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> which shouldn't be right because I've been using xv with mplayer for >>>>>> years. I assumed then that it was a module problem somewhere. I hadn't >>>>>> run a qlist -I -C x11-drivers/ recently so I did and remerged all the >>>>>> packages there. >>>>>> >>>>>> My video card info from lspci -v: >>>>>> >>>>>> 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82915G/GV/910GL >>>>>> Integrated Graphics Controller (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) >>>>>> Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device 5647 >>>>> [...] >>>>>> I can successfully modprobe the i915 module. Everything that can be is >>>>>> built with the xv USE flag on. Is there anything else I >>>>>> need to do to get my xv to work with mplayer? >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Can you run mplayer with -vo gl? >>>>> Do other video players have the same problem, e.g. VLC? >>>>> >>>>> Regards, >>>>> Florian Philipp >>>>> >>>> >>>> mplayer -vo gl runs fine, as long as I don't maximize it, like I usually >>>> do. xine is the same. vlc seems to work well, but I prefer mplayer. >>>> It's what I've always used, and would like it back if I can figure this >>>> out... >>> >>> Which series video card are you using? (nVidia, ATI, Intel...) Which driver? >>> >>> >> >> Is this the information you want? If not, how do I find out the >> information on the video card. I know almost nothing about hardware >> except what software can tell me... >> >> 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82915G/GV/910GL >> Integrated Graphics Controller (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) >> Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device 5647 >> Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16 >> Memory at ffa00000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K] >> I/O ports at ec00 [size=8] >> Memory at c0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M] >> Memory at ffa80000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256K] >> Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled] >> Capabilities: [d0] Power Management version 2 >> Kernel modules: i915 > > Ok, so you're using an Intel graphics chipset, managed via the > kernel's i915 module. According to Wikipedia, the 82915G, GV and GL > models are circa 2004/2005, and so are very old. It's very possible > you've encountered a regression. I had something similar happen a few > years ago with my 845-based system. > > Unfortunately, I don't know where you should take this from here. >
Thank you for your help. Even if you haven't solved my problem, I know now that I've done everything to try to solve it that you know of... -Michael Sullivan-
